5 Things to Know About Kate Bush’s *Hounds of Love*

It is Kate Bush’s best-selling album Released September 16, 1985 on EMI Records, Hounds of Love remains Bush’s highest-selling record.

It hit No. 1 in the UK and charted for over a year The album went straight to No. 1 and stayed on the UK albums chart for more than 12 months.

It produced three hit singles The album includes “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God),” “Cloudbusting,” and the title track.

“Running Up That Hill” got a second life decades later The song finally reached mainstream audiences in a big way after being featured in the Netflix series Stranger Things.

It is a concept album split into two sides Side one features pop singles, while side two, “The Ninth Wave,” tells a continuous story about a woman lost at sea.